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Any Illicit Drug Addiction or Drug Abuse in Massachusetts Over a One Year
Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use
and Health):
- In Massachusetts it was estimated on a survey-weighted hierarchical Bayes
estimation approach that the total number of individuals with an illicit
drug addiction
or drug abuse problem over a one year period was 196,000. For this estimation
illicit drugs includes marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin,
hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic used
nonmedically
- An estimated 33,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Massachusetts over a one year period were
between the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 77,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Massachusetts over a one year period were
between the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 86,000 of the individuals with an illicit drug addiction
or drug abuse problem in Massachusetts over a one year period were
26 or older.
Any Illicit Drug Use Other Than Marijuana in Massachusetts Over a One Month
Period (Annual Averages Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use
and Health):
- In Massachusetts it was estimated on a survey-weighted hierarchical Bayes
estimation approach that the total number of illicit drug users other than
marijuana
users in a one month period was 196,000. For this estimation illicit drugs
include cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any
prescription-type psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 33,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Massachusetts over a one month period were between the ages of 12-17
years old.
- An estimated 69,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Massachusetts over a one month period were between the ages of 18-25
years old.
- An estimated 94,000 of illicit drug users other than marijuana users
in Massachusetts over a one month period were 26 or older.
Illicit Drug Use in Massachusetts Over a One Month Period (Annual Averages
Based on 2002 and 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health):
- In Massachusetts it was estimated on a survey-weighted hierarchical Bayes
estimation approach that the total number of illicit drug users in a one
month period
was 500,000. For this estimation illicit drugs include marijuana/hashish,
cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or any prescription-type
psychotherapeutic used nonmedically
- An estimated 71,000 of the illicit drug users in Massachusetts were
between the ages of 12-17 years old.
- An estimated 185,000 of the illicit drug users in Massachusetts were
between the ages of 18-25 years old.
- An estimated 244,000 of the illicit drug users in Massachusetts were
26 or older.
Massachusetts Statistics
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In every year from 1995 to 2005, most Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) admissions for primary heroin addiction injected the drug. However, the proportion of primary heroin admissions who injected the drug declined from 69 percent in 1995 to 63 percent in 2005 (despite an 8 percent increase in the number of such admissions over this time period). Although inhalation has remained the second most frequent route of administration, the proportion of primary heroin admissions who inhaled the drug increased from 27 percent in 1995 to 33 percent in 2005. Meth is often used illegally for weight loss and to maintain alertness, focus, motivation, and mental clarity for extended periods of time, and for recreational purposes. Heroin is smuggled into the United States and Europe from areas such as the Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia); with Afghanistan currently being "the world's largest exporter of heroin". 600,000 Canadians have a criminal record for simple possession of marijuana |
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